2026 midterm election results, Digi Mart USA News: Democrats continued to celebrate what was described as one of the most lopsided midterm election victories in modern U.S. history, routing their Republican rivals to gain control of the U.S.
House, U.S. Senate and statehouses across the country.
In the Senate, Democrats flipped seven seats and now hold 54 to the Republican Party’s 44. Two seats, in nail-biting contests in Alaska and Mississippi, remain undeclared.
In the House, Democrats held 253 seats to the GOP’s 162 as of 4:45 p.m. ET on Friday, comfortably passing the majority threshold of 218, with 20 races yet to be called.
The latest estimates show the party is on track to win its largest majority since 2008. Seats that could still flip include Colorado’s Fourth District, held by Republican incumbent Rep.
Lauren Boebert, a staunch Trump ally, whose race against Democrat Eileen Laubacher remains tight.
There were also gubernatorial races, mayoral contests, ballot measures and several firsts. Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms of Georgia became the first Black woman elected governor in U.S.
history, while Democrat Amy Acton became the first woman elected governor of Ohio. In Florida, Republican Byron Donalds became the state’s first Black governor-elect.
El-Sayed will be America’s first Muslim senator.
In a major post-election shake-up, President Trump on Friday announced that Stephen Miller, a top deputy widely viewed as one of the most influential figures behind the administration’s agenda, is replacing Susie Wiles as his chief of staff. Miller said he was “honored beyond words” to serve in his new role.
Earlier this week, Trump signaled he would work with Democrats during his remaining two years in office but said he would not hesitate to use his veto power. Trump also acknowledged that the Iran war contributed to Republican losses but defended his decision to pursue the conflict.
“If I had to do it again, I’d have to do it again,” he said, adding: “You can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon.”
Vice President JD Vance, however, blamed the scale of GOP losses squarely on the war with Iran. “The real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone,” he wrote in a post on X.
“The reason we lost is the war.”
